The Taliban announced the formation of an interim government for Afghanistan this week. Notably absent from Tuesday's announcement were women -- and the post for the Ministry of Women appears to have been scrapped all together under the new regime.
The Taliban announced the formation of an interim government for Afghanistan this week, with a hardline group of veteran militants at the helm.
Notably absent from Tuesday's announcement were women -- and the post for the Ministry of Women appears to have been scrapped all together under the new regime.Despite the Taliban's recent promises to respect women's rights, a look at the new interim government suggests that the group's rule might very well mirror its previous regime when women all but disappeared from public life.
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